Say goodbye to your neighborhood polling place. Orange County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to overhaul its voting system by eliminating precincts polls, replacing them with vote centers, and automatically sending every registered voter a mail ballot beginning in 2020. The move to join a small but growing number of counties with polling centers — which are…
In the latest round of a 25-year battle to save the California desert, House lawmakers approved a sweeping conservation bill Tuesday that designates more terrain for wildlife and off-roaders alike and sets the stage for a final signature by President Trump. The California Desert Protection and…
Jeraldine Saunders, whose book on romance and adventure aboard a cruise ship inspired the long-running prime time comedy-drama “The Love Boat,” has died at her home in Glendale. She was 96. Saunders died Monday due to complications from kidney stone surgery she underwent in December, her spokesman…
The only person who turned my head on the red carpet the other night was Billy Porter, the Broadway star whose black velvet tuxedo gown was as beautiful as it was transgressive. When I saw Porter, with that voluminous ball gown skirt trailing behind him, I felt as if I were seeing the contemporary…
Singer-songwriter Mark Hollis, the reclusive frontman of the British art-rock band Talk Talk, has died. He was 64. On Tuesday his former manager, Keith Aspden, confirmed Hollis’ death after a short illness. Author and academic Anthony Costello broke the news Monday on Twitter. “RIP Mark Hollis….
Attorney Joel Garson, left, and Joshua Waring during a hearing about recorded client/attorney calls in Santa Ana, CA, on Thursday, August 23, 2018. Joshua Waring, right, the son of a former “Real Housewives of Orange County” star, is seeking to have a judge dismiss attempted-murder charges against him because police recorded his jailhouse phone calls…
Two men were stabbed Monday evening at a Huntington Beach bar, with police arresting the suspect who had fled but was found on the beach, authorities said on Tuesday. At 7:21 p.m. Monday, Huntington Beach police officers were called to The Cliffs, at 424 17th St., where the found a 68-year-old man with a stab…
Ice Skate for a Cure, a local nonprofit group, is again raising funds to send children and their families to Disneyland after completing cancer treatment at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. The third annual event is set for Saturday, March 2, at the Aliso Viejo Ice Palace. Aubrey Davenport, a senior at Santa Margarita High…
A shallow magnitude-3.4 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning two miles from Morettis Junction, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:58 a.m. PST at a depth of 6.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 14 miles from Ramona and 20 miles from Escondido. …
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning 0 miles from Norwalk, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:51 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was two miles from Artesia, two miles from Bellflower,…
